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JA MES LEE, JR., o F eHAR'LnsrorwN, 'MASSA GHU'SETTS. Letters Patent No. 72,647, dated December 24, 1867.

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Be it known thatv I, JAMEs'LEE, Jr., ot' Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Apparatus and Process oi' Washing or Riusing, and vWringing or squeezing Cloths or other materials; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,.and exact description of the same and its operations, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a front view of this machine.

Figure 2 represents an end view.

A is the `tank containing the water; B, the lower roller, in the water, and near the bottom of the tank; C, the frame or cheel-pieces, in which the other rollers run; D, a rack, to keep the folds of cloth separated; E, the main roller, to which' the power is applied; F F, drums'or pullers on one axle, and resting upon and running with E; G, heavy drum or roller, on the same axle with H, a drum employed as a guide and support for G and the axle. The rollers B and E run upon journals, turning in and fixed in boxes, in the usual manner. The other rollers have their journals running in slots in the cheek-pieces, so out as to prevent them moving laterally, but allowing them to rest upon and move eachvwith the roller underneath.

My invention consists in the application, to machines for washing or rinsing cloths or other materials,

like those in use in dyeingy and bleaching-establishments, for example, of a heavy roller, resting upon and` moved with the other rollers of the machine, and between which and the next roller underneath, the material,

upo finally leaving the water, isV carried, and, by the pressure, squeezed lsubstantially dry. I employ this heavy roller to press, by itsweight, the water from the materials, in the place of applying pressure to the roller by means of a screw or lever, as in the usual'manner, and I apply this roller to a rinsing or washingmachine, movingl it directly, or by intermediate rollers, by the impinging surfaeco the main roller in such machines, instead of employing a separate machine for the squeezing-process, as commonly practised.

- To the frame of a washing or rinsing-machine, such as are used in dyeing and bleaching-works, and over and at a. suitable distance from the upper roller thereof, F in the drawings, I place an axle, (it is best made of i iron,) fitted with journals to run in a notch or slot in said frame. Upon one end of this, the end at which the cloth is received, I place a drum, of wood or other suitable material, extending from one-forth to one-sixth the length ofthe axle, and resting upon the said upper roller of the machine. On the other end of said axle-I place my heavy roller, of4 the same diameter with said drum, H, in the drawings, also resting upon said upper roller, F, in the machine. This roller, G in the drawings, is made of iron or other heavy material, and of such lengthv as will give it suihcient weight to express, substantially, the water from the cloth, so as to render it tit for dressing or other succeeding process. It is better to have this roller, G, covered with India rubber, gutta percha, or

' other substance impervious to water, and that will resist the action of the acids or salts used in dyeing and bleaching. It is obvious that the weight of this roller maybe increased by enlarging the diameter of both (ai and H, as well as by lengthening G. Any one skilled in the matter would readily give to it the required weight by such means as are best adapted to the other members of the machine.

The operationot` the machine is as follows: The cloth or other material is passed on the right side of themachine, between thc main roller ,and the roller above, E and F in the drawings. It is then carried under the roller in the tank, B in the' drawings, and thus over the main roller and under the roller in the tank several times, according to its bulk. It is finally carried between the heavy roller G and drum or puller F, and out of the machine. The pressure between roller G and drum F squeezes it suiiciently .for all the ordinary purposes.

I thus, with one machine, do what has heretofore requirhd two machines, running with an exactly even speed, and each requiring power and attention. I also very essentially improve or increase the washing-capacities of the machine. The weight of the heavy roller G resting upon -the rollers below, adds so much to the pressure which the latter exert upon the cloth being washed. The sa'me device may bc applied to other machines for washing or rinsing besides those used in dyeing and bleaching-establishments.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Iatentv 1. The combi-nation of the rollers E and B, the rackD, rollers F, the tub or tank A, with the heavy roller G, all arranged and operating as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the rollers E and Fwith the heavy roller Gr, all arranged and operating substantially as described.

JAMES LEE, JR.

Witnesses WILL. AsPINwALI., JAMES STANDISH. 

